2025/26 Season: Grounds for Optimism

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Music is built on foundations—deep, resonant, and alive with possibility. For our 2025/26 season, PBO explores one of music’s most enduring forces: the ground bass. From the mesmerizing cycles of Pachelbel’s Canon to the intricate storytelling of Bach’s Goldberg Variations, composers have long spun entire musical worlds from a single, repeating bass line—transforming simplicity into brilliance.

Join us as we rediscover forgotten voices, unearth musical roots, and celebrate the limitless spirit of Baroque and early Classical music.

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Ground Bass: Pachelbel, Purcell & Handel

Oct 18, 2025
Sanctuary Hall at First Congregational

Oct 19, 2025
Kaul Auditorium, Reed College

Baroque music is built on ground bass and this highlights the greatest from Pachelbel, Purcell and Handel … Learn more

Cupid’s Arrow: Strozzi, Frescobaldi & Scarlatti

Oct 24, 2025
Sanctuary Hall at First Congregational

Explore the heartache and passion of Baroque music by Strozzi, Frescobaldi and Scarlatti. … Learn more

All Ages Concert: Two Bachs & Two Harpsichord

Nov 15, 2025
Sanctuary Hall at First Congregational

Special one-hour All Ages Concert of Johann Sebastian Bach and Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach playfully playing on two harpsichords in dramatic fashion … Learn more

Father vs. Son: Two Bachs & Two Harpsichords

Nov 15, 2025
Sanctuary Hall at First Congregational

Nov 16, 2025
Kaul Auditorium, Reed College

Johann Sebastian Bach and Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach playfully playing on two harpsichords in dramatic fashion … Learn more

Handel’s Messiah

Dec 11, 2025
Sanctuary Hall at First Congregational

Dec 12, 2025
Sanctuary Hall at First Congregational

Dec 13, 2025
Sanctuary Hall at First Congregational

Dec 14, 2025
Sanctuary Hall at First Congregational

Celebrate the holidays with the timeless splendor of Handel's Messiah … Learn more

Shadows and Light: French Baroque from Rameau to Couperin

Feb 14, 2026
Sanctuary Hall at First Congregational

Feb 15, 2026
Kaul Auditorium, Reed College

Principal bassoonist Nate Helgeson curates an evocative French Baroque program featuring two violas da gamba, two bassoons, harpsichord, and theorbo … Learn more

Bach’s Goldberg Variations

Mar 07, 2026
Sanctuary Hall at First Congregational

Bach’s Goldberg Variations come alive in an intimate recital with Artistic Director Julian Perkins … Learn more

Hidden Women of Rome: Lost Music of Sacred Divas

Mar 14, 2026
Sanctuary Hall at First Congregational

Mar 15, 2026
Kaul Auditorium, Reed College

Instrumental gems by Corelli and Scarlatti, modern premieres of Alessandro Melani in this spectacle of Hidden Women of Rome. … Learn more

All Roads Lead to Mozart: A Celebration of Connection

Apr 11, 2026
Sanctuary Hall at First Congregational

Apr 12, 2026
Kaul Auditorium, Reed College

We trace the ground bass through creative composers like Gluck, Handel, and Michael Haydn as we strum our way to the young prodigy who would redefine early music … Learn more